RPC VII.1, 609.1

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 609.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Antioch ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
Reverse design river god reclining left, holding reed and resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 434/1–3, 5 (Mastaura), 435.1/1–2 (Mastaura), 435.2/3–7 (Mastaura), 605/1, 606/1–2, 607/1, 610/1. 6–7: same obv. die as 607/2, 608/1, 610/2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     Wendt-Numismatica XIX, 1977, lot 641 (Hollschek III)
3 3     SNG vA 2428
4 4     ✸ V: GR 30232
5 5     P-AIBL Robert, Carie 273 = Fonds Robert 397
6 6     P: 3470
7 7     Mu SNG 89
8 8     H.I. coll.
9 9     C. Rhodes coll. = Bucephalus Numismatic Black 22, 28 July 2023, lot 1167